Speech by Minister Luigi Di Maio at the meeting of the Assembly of the Permanent Commission of the Council of Europe

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is speaking today at the meeting of the Permanent Commission of the Assembly of the Council of Europe. The proceedings will begin at 15.00 and can be followed in live streaming.

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Week of Italian Cuisine: in Berlin, the protagonist is food tech

In Berlin, the protagonist of the Week of Italian Cuisine is food tech. In a two-day programme at the Berlin Embassy, nine Italian start-ups from the agri-food sector will be meeting various institutions that are the accelerators and incubators for one of the world’s most significant innovation ecosystems.   The projects presented will range from Blockchain […]

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3rd Italy-Lithuania Business Forum

On 01 December, the 3rd Italy-Lithuania Business Forum on renewable energy will take place in Vilnius, in person and online at the Radisson Blue Hotel Lietuva. Organised by the Italian Embassy in Vilnius and Ice/Agenzia in collaboration with the Lithuanian Ministry of Energy, Enterprise Lithuania, the Italian-Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce, and the Lithuanian Confederation of […]

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Tunis: Italian archaeologists in conference

A two-day debate between archaeologists will be taking place in Tunisia on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 November in the town of Teboursouk, about 100 kilometers west of Tunis,  convened by the Italian Cultural Institute of Tunis as a round table entitled “La pertica des Carthaginois, de la constitution au démembrement (I er siècle a.C.-III […]

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Tehran: the interactive sculptures of Vaziri Moghaddam

The Italian-Iranian artist Vaziri Moghaddam’s interactive sculptures will be on display in Tehran, from tomorrow, at the “Argo Factory”. A preview of the exhibition “Mohsen Vaziri Moghaddam.Unrealised Projects.Dynamic Sculptures from Small to Monumental 1968-2018” took place in the garden of the residence of the Ambassador of Italy, Giuseppe Perrone. This initiative, said Ambassador Perrone during […]

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Press release on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

On the occasion of the 2021 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and its foreign network join the awareness-raising campaign “Orange the World: End Violence against Women Now!” launched by UN Women. This year, the campaign aims at preventing all forms of violence, […]

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Dakar, Christina Bowerman guest for the Week of Italian Cuisine

The Italian chef Cristina Bowerman is the guest of honor for the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World that starts today in Dakar and will end on November 26. In the capital of Senegal, the many-starred chef will herself be the star of events and intercultural meetings, in addition to offering recipes of Italian […]

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FOREIGN MINISTRY NOTE – 4th meeting of the Italy-Russian Federation Working Group on combating global challenges

Today in Moscow, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, together with Gen. Oleg Syromolotov, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, jointly chaired the 4th meeting of the Italy-Russian Federation Working Group on combating global challenges. Also taking part were representatives of various Italian administrations including the Ministries […]

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“Gusto Italiano” in Athens for the Week of Italian Cuisine

The sixth Week of Italian Cuisine in the World also opened in Athens today with the “Gusto Italiano” initiative, organised by the Italian Embassy to promote the Italian food chain and knowledge about Italian food and wine. The theme of the sixth edition, as Ambassador Patrizia Falcinelli reminded the audience in her opening speech in […]

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Kenya, cooking as an exchange of experiences

The theme of the activities in the programme for the Sixth Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, organised by the Italian Embassy in Nairobi and the Italian Cultural Institute, is Italian culture and its cuisine as a vehicle for exchange and sharing, to communicate new experiences between Italy and Kenya. This year’s special guests […]

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Tashkent, four culinary events for the Week of Italian Cuisine

Four culinary events in Tashkent’s most Italian-inspired restaurants to demonstrate the value of the long history of Italian cuisine. This is the programme of the Italian Embassy in Uzbekistan to celebrate the VI edition of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World. The four events will be run by a chef and educator sent […]

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Belgium: tradition and food sustainability

In Belgium, the Italian Embassy in Brussels has started the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World with a full calendar of initiatives involving all the actors of the Italian System (ICE, Italian trade Agency, Italian Cultural Institute, Italian-Belgian Chamber of Commerce, ENIT, National Tourism Agency, and CNA, Italian Confederation of Craft Trades and Small- […]

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